{"id":132457,"date":"2026-02-13T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132457\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:39:08","slug":"eggers-ice-cream-parlor-site-was-once-doblers-hotel-in-historic-richmond-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132457\/","title":{"rendered":"Egger\u2019s Ice Cream Parlor site was once Dobler\u2019s Hotel in Historic Richmond Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6SOITE2YEZEANHLHN23JD7W7A4\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A location at Historic Richmond Town that later housed Egger\u2019s Ice Cream Parlor was once home to Dobler\u2019s Courthouse Hotel, a two-story establishment that was constructed in 1855 and served the Staten Island community for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ETFGJEDE7BD6DBR2JMIUMQVLNY\">The hotel changed hands several times before Julius Dobler, a German immigrant, acquired the property in 1898. Dobler capitalized on the building\u2019s strategic position across the street from the Courthouse and other government offices, operating a successful business for many years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HIXPR6MGIJBVJA46XHOTWCDQBY\">A postcard from around 1909 documents the wood-frame building with its distinctive front porch and columns. Signs above the porch advertised \u201cRubsam &amp; Horrmann Court House Hotel\u201d and \u201cExtra Lager Beer,\u201d reflecting the establishment\u2019s dual role as both lodging and gathering place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4ITOZ53QVVDGHPIZKJ62NDM55E\">The historical postcard, now part of the Historic Richmondtown Collection, shows unpaved streets surrounding the corner property and an American flag flying from a flagpole atop the porch. A handwritten message on the card\u2019s reverse from visitors Annie and Jule to their mother noted that they were \u201chaving a fine time here on our vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LVUKXUM7NVHN3CZQIMNLGJWQWI\">The hotel was constructed in 1855 and had several owners before being acquired by Dobler, who expanded the building. A 1905 advertisement for the hotel boasted: \u201cMeals served at all hours.\u201d However, business declined when all government offices were moved from Richmond to St. George, and the hotel closed ca. 1926. The building was demolished ca. 1942-1943.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dobler's Court House Hotel\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OTUZZDAZYJAJ3O3FXH2AHO5ONE.JPG\"  \/>Egger&#8217;s Ice Cream Shop in Historic Richmond Town stood where Dobler&#8217;s Court House Hotel used to be, Feb. 27, 2020.Historic Richmond Town<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A location at Historic Richmond Town that later housed Egger\u2019s Ice Cream Parlor was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-132457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}